The District of Columbia Transit Alternatives Analysis and Anacostia Corridor Demonstration Project was an 18-month joint study effort between the District and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to examine new transit alternatives such as light rail and bus rapid transit within the District....

Meridian assisted the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Battelle Memorial Institute, the lead consultant, on a project to develop a blueprint for the cement industry to become more sustainable over the next 20 years. Stakeholder involvement was a central tenet of the project,...

In 2002, Meridian co-facilitated a two-day stakeholder dialogue on intellectual property rights and medicine for the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. Participants included industry representatives, indigenous peoples’ groups, and other civil society organizations working on the issue....

Meridian Institute, in partnership with the Energy Future Coalition and on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation, convened in December 2009 a diverse group of 44 leaders from the electricity sector to explore the value and viability of pursuing a research and dialogue process on critical issues facing...

From 2006 to 2008, Meridian staff facilitated several meetings of the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), which brought together a number of individuals representing environmental organizations, foundations, academia, and businesses to develop recommendations for the new Obama Administration...

Meridian Institute was engaged by the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources to undertake a two-phase project relating to in situ recovery of uranium in Wyoming. Both phases are funded through an appropriation from the Wyoming state legislature.
In the first phase, Meridian facilitated...

The Mimbres Watershed is located in southwestern New Mexico. Grazing, dredge mining, removal of riparian vegetation, and streambank modification have resulted in water-quality impairments. In support of Total Maximum Daily Load implementation by the State of New Mexico Environment Department (to comply...

In April 2005, the US Forest Service convened a meeting of scientists from academia, industry, and federal agencies to discuss the need, purpose, scope, and implementation strategy for the Loblolly Pine Genome Project. Meridian Institute staff facilitated the meeting.
Scientists in the pine...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ran Project XL (“eXcellence in Leadership”) from 1995 to 2002. This national program sought to get businesses, state and local governments, and federal facilities to work with the EPA to develop and test innovative approaches to achieve better and more cost-effective...

Meridian partnered with the World Resources Institute to provide strategic and process advice to members of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) regarding the creation of a corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR).
An ESR is an analytical approach that enables a...